Parrots
Miss Cruse (Class Teacher Tuesday-Thursday), Mrs Jennison (Class Teacher Monday & Friday). We are supported by Mrs Guyo (Teaching Assistant), Mrs Jackson (Teaching Assistant) and Mrs Round-Turner (Teaching Assistant).
abigailcruse@greentrees.wilts.sch.uk
ruthjennison@greentrees.wilts.sch.uk
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This week in Parrots Class: Week beginning 7th September 2026
In English this week, as Authors, we will
This week, we are learning to spell words This week our words are:
The following template, showing spelling strategies we use in class, may be useful when practising at home:
A4 Spelling Strategies Template
WOW WORDS
As Authors, we develop our vocabulary by using ‘Wow’ words. These are words generated from our Whole Class Reading sessions. Our wow words this week are: sweltering, unearthed, peculiar and rival.
In Maths this week, as Mathematicians,
Also this week…
We
Reading
This term, our Reading for Pleasure text is ‘The Boy Who Grew Dragons’ by Andy Shepherd. If anyone has a copy of this text at home, please feel free to bring it along to share with the class.
Our weekly visits to the school library take place on Thursday.
We do all we can at Greentrees to share our love of reading. This includes sharing book recommendations with our friends. Please use the book review template if you read a book that you think someone else would enjoy. These may be included in our weekly Newsletter or termly Reading Round-up.
Reading for Pleasure
In Year 3, we get to know the following books really well. These are the stories that we can choose from our reading area to read for pleasure.
Year 3 Enquiries
Our first enquiry in Autumn 1 is ‘Why are plants so important for humans?’
Click here for a summary of our Autumn Term 1 learning
Click here for a summary of our Autumn Term 2 learning
Click here for a summary of our Spring Term 1 learning
For an overview of enquiries in Year 3, See here
Pupil Voice
School Councillor:
Sports Councillor:
Eco-Councillor:
Celebration Assemblies
In our weekly Celebration Assemblies at each site, we present awards, certificates or stickers for the following:
- Learner of the Week
- Birthdays
- Team Point Milestones
- Golden Mile
- Pen Licences
You are very welcome to join us for these assemblies in support of your child.
Maths Passports
We encourage children in Parrots to practise their mental arithmetic as often as possible at home. Maths Passports are a good way to support this. Next to each skill in Maths Passports, there are three boxes to date. One for pupils (self-assessment), one for parents and the final one for teachers as follows:
We endeavour to check Maths Passports as often as possible.
On the Mathematics page, within the Curriculum menu, is a guide for parents to support the assessment of Maths Passport skills. Assessment tasks can also be downloaded and printed for use at home.
P.E
This term, our P.E days are Mondays and Thursdays.
Home Learning
In Year 3, Home Learning for spellings and maths is set each Monday on Spelling Shed and Mathletics. In addition, children are expected to read daily.
Please see the link below for this term’s additional and optional Home Learning activities:
Click here for our Summer Term 2 home learning
Supporting your Child at Home
eBooks can be accessed by parents for free if you register on the Oxford Owl website.
Your child should know the multiplication table that they are currently working on and can practise their recall within 6 seconds here.
Additional online resources to practise times tables can be found here and here.